Anyone gig out with a Squier Affinity?

[Vlad2075]

Anyone gig out with a Squier Affinity?

I think it's a phenomenal sounding bass and very comfortable to play. I can't stand it when people who are "label whores" turn their nose up to the lesser brands and say "Oh, you can't play out with that!"

Just wondering what everyone's opinion is!

 

[Axstar]

Dixie Dave Collins of Weedeater does:

Looks like he has a Badass bridge on there, but beyond that and the pickguard it looks like it could probably be a stock Affinity P bass. Listen to Weedeater and you will hear just how well that bass delivers through that Sunn rig! No need for him to upgrade any time soon.

 

[UNICORN BASS]

In a word, yes!

 

[Vlad2075]

Dixie Dave Collins of Weedeater does:

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Looks like he has a Badass bridge on there, but beyond that and the pickguard it looks like it could probably be a stock Affinity P bass. Listen to Weedeater and you will hear just how well that bass delivers through that Sunn rig! No need for him to upgrade any time soon.

That's what I'm talking about man!

 

[Axstar]

That's what I'm talking about man!

I don't think anybody is qualified to tell Dixie Dave to man up and play a real bass. This is a guy that accidentally shot off one of his toes.

 

[Gilmourisgod]

That looks like a drift of pure grunge between the pups and bridge. I bet you could culture that foo and make a bio-WMD. Maybe the Jack infusion keeps the stank down?

 

[eastcoasteddie]

The bass player for Digable Planets does...and he also rocks an SX ...

The Affinity JV:

The SX:

Concert us in the Squier:
Watch Digable Planets Perform at Pitchfork Music Festival 2016 | Pitchfork

 

[jhb138]

Maybe the Jack infusion keeps the stank down?

That's not Jack, it's Evan Williams. The Squier of whiskey: half the price but all the flavor.

 

[jchrisk1]

I have. And, I don't care what anyone thinks. I've seen lots of people perplexed by how good some of my cheap basses have sounded. Brand snobs are dumb. My favorite was a local guy who tried to knock my Genz, and also another players Aguilar. It made me chuckle. Obviously a very uninformed bassist. It was reverse brand snobbery.

 

[matante]

The singer/guitarist for Frankie Cosmos plays a Squier Affinity occasionally. They're famous enough to play some big summer festivals.

 

[Savage Hippie]

Friggin love Dixie Dave. I've always played Squier and really like them. I have a 5 string jazz, but i just looked and it says "standard series" i do however have an affinity strat. 20th anniversary edition. (82'-'02)

 

[The Terror]

Hell yes! Do you think that the audience knows or cares what type of equipment is being used?

Of course not.

I've heard plenty of guys with $1000s worth of equipment who had their heads so far up their @sses that they didn't realize how poorly they were playing. Never heard anyone in the audience say "this band sounds like crap, but wow--look at that bass!"

I remain, etc.,

The Terror.

 

[inanimate_carb]

I did a sizable church service with the church's Affinity P-Bass that the youth group kids usually use. I was called in last minute to fill in for someone who had a family emergency. I was arriving from out of town in the morning and couldn't even get home to grab a bass.

I gave it a quick tweaking between rehearsal and the first service and the thing sounded pretty good to my ears. It was honestly hard to tell it was an inexpensive bass on the service board recordings. The hardware on these basses is admittedly cheap, and I'd wreck it in a few months of regular use, but a useable tone was definitely there.

I walked away from the experience with a greater appreciation of the sound that's just in my hands, and a deeper cynicism towards players that sweat meaningless details in the construction of instruments, because in a lot of cases the differences are negligible at best.

 

[Bill Whitehurst]

Yep

 

[FugaziBomb]

Sort of... My wife had a blue affinity p bass as a teenager. A few years ago we dug it out of her parents garage and the neck was shot. I had an old MIM Jazz neck I slapped on it with a Dimarzio Split P. Sounds good, plays good.

 

[Son of Wobble]

Dixie Dave Collins of Weedeater does:

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Looks like he has a Badass bridge on there, but beyond that and the pickguard it looks like it could probably be a stock Affinity P bass. Listen to Weedeater and you will hear just how well that bass delivers through that Sunn rig! No need for him to upgrade any time soon.

This photo truly captures rock and roll in all its glamour.

 

[Grumry]

Dixie Dave Collins of Weedeater does:

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Looks like he has a Badass bridge on there, but beyond that and the pickguard it looks like it could probably be a stock Affinity P bass. Listen to Weedeater and you will hear just how well that bass delivers through that Sunn rig! No need for him to upgrade any time soon.

Those strings though!

 

[MYLOWFREQ]

...I think it's a phenomenal sounding bass and very comfortable to play. I can't stand it when people who are "label whores" turn their nose up to the lesser brands and say "Oh, you can't play out with that!"

Just wondering what everyone's opinion is!

I don't think it is phenomenal sounding bass, but I have gigged with mine and it was alright. My band is a gear at snob, so I don't play live with mine.

Edit: with that specific band..

 

[Charley Umbria]

It's not an Affinity, but here's Marillion's Steve Rothery with the Squier Strat he's used for countless arena and festival shows:

 

[jhb138]

Forgot to mention, the FrankenTele in my avatar is a Squier body and no-name neck. I gigged with it last month.